Journal of Nursing, Social Studies, Public Health and Rehabilitati, 2010 (vol. 1), issue 1-2

SECURING OF EFFICIENT, CULTURALLY DIFFERENTIAL NURSING CARE FOR THE VIETNAMESE MINORITY

Valérie Tóthová, Helena Michálková, Lenka Šedová, Miloš Velemínský, Jana Samková

JNSS 2010, 1(1-2):47-53 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2010.005  

The present article is focused on differentiated nursing care provided to the Vietnamese minority. The extensive research performed all over the Czech Republic mapped the differences in providing Vietnamese patients with nursing care. The respondents answered questions related to the care for their health, to their opinions on the Czech health service and on the barriers found in Czech health care facilities in questionnaire investigation. The questionnaire investigation confirmed that the members of the Vietnamese minority care for their health and are satisfied with medical care in the Czech Republic; unfortunately, the research demonstrated communication...

THE ROLES AND EXPECTATIONS OF NURSES FROM NURSING RESEARCH IN CZECH REPUBLIC

Sylva Bártlová, Valérie Tóthová

JNSS 2010, 1(1-2):54-61 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2010.006  

In connection with the increasing demands for quality nursing care and the growing requirements concerning the education of nurses, the necessity for nurses to participate in nursing research appears ever more urgent. To date, the nursing practice has been based rather on established standard methods and the results of foreign research studies have not been utilised sufficiently. Therefore we wanted to determine to what extent the nurses in practice participate in research activities and which forms of research they are engaged in. The aim of the study was to describe in which way the nurses in the Czech Republic take part in the scientific-research...

PSYCHOSOCIAL PROBLEMS OF STOMA CLIENTS

Helena Michálková

JNSS 2010, 1(1-2):62-70 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2010.007  

The article was focused on the issue of satisfaction of the psychical and social needs of ostomates. The goal of the work was to ascertain the most frequent psychosocial needs of ostomates.A questionnaire was made up to give a true picture of the given issue. The questionnaire was intended for clients with ostomies on the gastrointestinal and urogenital system. 109 respondents participated in the research. Hospital institutions from all regions of the Czech Republic are represented in the questionnaire research. The questionnaire results were subjected to statistical analysis.The analysis shows that a stoma represents a serious life situation...

LIFE SATISFACTION OF PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

Lenka Šedová, Valérie Tóthová

JNSS 2010, 1(1-2):71-79 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2010.008  

The article familiarises readers with the results of the research grant of the Faculty of Health and Social Studies of the University of South Bohemia at České Budějovice. The goal of this grant was to map the issues of the life style of patients, incl. life satisfaction, who suffer from ischemic heart disease. Patients from the Svaz postižených civilizačními chorobami (Association of persons affected by civilisation diseases) of the Region of South Bohemia were addressed (n = 170). Qualitative-quantitative research strategy was used for the research purpose, with the help of the technique of semi-standardised interview and questionnaire technique....

ALIMENTATION HABITS OF PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

Lenka Šedová

JNSS 2010, 1(1-2):80-89 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2010.009  

The article familiarises the readers with the results of the research grant of the Faculty of Health and Social Studies of University of South Bohemia at České Budějovice. The goal of this grant was to map the issues of the life style of patients, incl. alimentation habits of patients suffering from ischemic heart disease. Patients from the Svaz postižených civilizačními chorobami (Association of persons affected by civilisation diseases) of the Region of South Bohemia were addressed (n = 170). Qualitative-quantitative research strategy was used for the research purpose, with the help of the technique of a semi-standardised interview and questionnaire...

THE IMPORTANCE OF LIFE STYLE IN RHEUMATIC DISEASES

Ilona Lískovcová, Vladimír Vurm

JNSS 2010, 1(1-2):90-97 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2010.010  

The authors are pointing out the fact that an active attitude to life positively affects the subjective perception of a disease and the quality of life. Questionnaires, interviews with selected respondents and observations were used in the research. This was a quantitative research. It was based on a group of selected patients with rheumatoid arthritis, who visited rheumatological outpatient departments over a period of 4 months (October to January). A total of 134 respondents, 102 women and 32 men, participated in the study. In the group including 134 respondents, it was possible to demonstrate the established hypothesis that patients participating...

DEPENDENCE OF QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX ON SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES IN PATIENTS WITH ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS

Marek Zeman

JNSS 2010, 1(1-2):98-101 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2010.011  

Purpose - To identify the Quality of Life (QoL) in subjects diagnosed with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) and find a possible association between the QoL index and selected socio-demographic variables (sex, age, marital status, degree of impairment with AS).Methods - A sample of 181 patients with AS who underwent a complete spa treatment in Třeboň Spa in 2008. The SEIQoL tests were conducted and the data from the respondents' medical documentation analysed. The Spearman's rank correlation coefficients between the selected variables and the QoL index were surveyed. Our hypotheses suggested a statistically significant dependence of the...

RISK FACTORS IN THE MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILDREN AND DOGS

Marie Chlopčíková, Adéla Mojžíšová

JNSS 2010, 1(1-2):102-109 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2010.012  

In 2008, a pilot study trying to find the potential causes of conflicts in the children × dog relationship was realized. This pilot study was triggered by the increasing amount of cases of dog attacks in society, especially dog attacks on the youngest generation (children). The collection of data which monitored awareness about a responsible approach and safe contact with dogs among primary school children (aged 8-12) was conducted from November 2007 to March 2008. The main aim of the research was to map children's knowledge of dog's communication signals, the perception of a child's own authority in the relationship with a dog and the frequency of...

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BURN-OUT SYNDROME OF MEDICAL ASSESSORS, ITS ROOT-CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS

Libuše Čeledová, Rostislav Čevela

JNSS 2010, 1(1-2):7-18 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2010.001  

The authors present the results of the questionnaire survey conducted by Faktum Invenio, on behalf of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (MoLSA) of the Czech Republic, amongst the medical assessors on the "Burn-out syndrome of Medical Assessment Service doctors, its root causes and solutions" at the end of 2008. They conclude that the introduction of career rules would be highly motivating, in particular for doctors up to 60 years of age, especially as regards the perspective of potential professional growth.

THE PUBLIC AWARENESS ON INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTIONS

Eliška Pešlová

JNSS 2010, 1(1-2):19-28 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2010.002  

Objectives: The goal of the research was to find out what is the level of public awareness on the issue of international child abductions in České Budějovice.Methods: Qualitative research, the questioning method, the structured interview technique with open questions was used for fulfilment of this goal.Results: It was found that there is not only low the public awareness on the issue of illegal removal or retention of children in České Budějovice but also knowledge of the Convention on the Rights of the Child.Conclusion: The number of cases of international child abductions by one parent, not only abroad but...

CZECH SYSTEM OF PENSION INSURANCE AND ITS CURRENT PROBLEMS

Martin Šimák

JNSS 2010, 1(1-2):29-37 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2010.003  

The article deals with selected issues of the valid legal regulation of the pension insurance of the Czech Republic, with focus on the security of seniors. Pension insurance is one of the key systems of social security. Its purpose is the material security of persons in old age, on the base of fulfilment of conditions defined by law. It is usual that with increasing age, the persons gradually lose the ability to achieve the work performance they commonly did at a productive age. But as they procure funds to ensure living, housing and other needs by working, such income decreases or disappears with reduced or terminated working activity. The decrease...

THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF PRIMARY PAEDIATRIC CARE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Karel Blažek

JNSS 2010, 1(1-2):38-46 | DOI: 10.32725/jnss.2010.004  

This paper recapitulates, in brief, the history of primary paediatric care and its development in Czechoslovakia and later in the Czech Republic.Its objective is to provide information about both the history of primary care in the Czech lands and its current problems and future prospects.The work is based on the author's forty-five years of experience in different fields and posts of paediatric care; for the last 15 years he has worked as a general practitioner for children and youth (PLDD) in his private surgery, and on the study of both domestic and foreign literature related to these problems (Editorial 2001, Janda 2003, Cabrnochová and...